Gnome session manager disappears when updating FC6

[David Timms]

Andrew Wood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just run a software update on FC6. When I reboot and log in then
> the gnome window manager has been replaced by TWM. This was something of
> a shock although I have enough knowledge to realise what had happened.
> (I can't see why it happened though, other than saying there's a bug in
> the update). It has undermined my confidence in Fedora as a stable
> release somewhat.
> 
> Looking at Linux answers then I found a suggestion to run: yum install
> gnome-session. This worked in bringing up gnome, which I was previously
> using. Unfortunately, the desktop is not quite as it was. I have a panel
> appearing which says: 'The panel encountered a problem loading OAFIID:
> Gnome_mixerApp Do you want to delete the applet from your config'.  A
> similar error occurs for the Gnome_Panel_TrashApplet.
> 
> Any suggestions how I can restore the desktop to what it was?
OTTOMHead: yum install gnome-panel

how about if you create a new user and then login as that user ?

DaveT.